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| New Zealand Retailer Buys 17 Whitehall Stores |
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New Zealand specialty jeweler Michael Hill International on Friday announced plans to buy 17 Whitehall jewelry stores in Illinois and Missouri, marking the jeweler’s first foray into the U.S. market. Whitehall filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June.
The retailer noted that it considers all of... |
| Smarter Supply Chain Utilization For The Retailer |
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This paper introduces various supply chain concepts and explains their importance. It describes initiatives being undertaken by the largest retailers and reviews what small and mid-size fi rms need to do to compete. Very few small and mid-size retailers can compete with companies like Wal-Mart on pr... |
| Fashionably wealthy |
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A unique model for supply has snared fashion label Zara accolades in the global fashion stakes. Here\'s how founder Amancio Ortega stitched up the number one spot.
Last week, Spanish clothing company Zara became the world’s largest fashion retailer when its first quarter sales rose 9% t... |
| Mall Advertising Goes Digital |
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Companies such as Adspace Mall Network and OnSpot Digital Network are leading the trend toward digital conversion of their out-of-home mall inventory.
There’s a lot of discussion in media circles about the impact of digital technology, and one sector enjoying a transformation is the once sleep... |
| Checkpoint Systems acquires RFID-based application software and middleware company OATSystems |
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Checkpoint Systems, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OATSystems, Inc., the leader in RFID-based application software and middleware. The all-cash transaction is expected to close within two weeks and Checkpoint expects the transaction to be dilutive to earnings per share throu... |
| TPG/WMS-Lite: Warehouse Management System for Small to Medium Warehouses |
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The Paxton Group announced the release and immediate availability of their SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) warehouse management system TPG/WMS-Lite version 5 today.
Over 80% of warehouse businesses manage less than 250,000 sqft of warehouse space, but finding a WMS solution that cost-effective... |
| Romania: Retailers continue expansion on a rising market |
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By the end of 2009, the company will open hypermarkets in Oradea (western Romania), Buzau (southern Romania), Sibiu (center), Deva (center), Braila (south), Iasi (east), Constanta (south-east) and Bucharest.
International retail companies active on the local market opened in H1, 2008 over 256 sh... |
| H&M lands in the Kingdom of Bahrain this month |
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H & M, Hennes & Mauritz, the international fashion retailer, will soon be available to eager followers of fashion in the kingdom of Bahrain.
The 1,507 square metre store will open in September in the exclusive Bahrain City Centre. The expansion of the trendy high street brand is a result of H&M... |
| A new link in the chain for CVS |
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CVS Caremark Corp. last week solidified its national presence with its announced purchase of Longs Drugs Stores Corp., a 521-store chain that dominates Northern California and other Western retail markets.
Woonsocket-based CVS has been pushing outside the Northeast for a decade, acceleratin... |
| DHL, METRO announce big RFID retail rollout |
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Freight deliverer DHL and European retailer METRO Group have announced they will cooperate to launch France’s largest RFID-enabled retail logistics system.
Beginning in fall 2008, DHL will use RFID tags to track all its shipments to the 89 Metro Cash & Carry wholesale stores in France. Th... |
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